HARARE mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni has said the capital’s turnaround programme and objective to become a world-class city by 2025 will remain a pipe-dream with the calibre of councillors and administrators at Town House.
By PAIDAMOYO MUZULU
Manyenyeni said this in an interview with NewsDay yesterday on the city’s progress in implementing its turnaround strategy.
The mayor’s remarks come as the city is operating without a substantive town clerk, while many directors are in an acting capacity. Issues of competency at Town House are not new, as former mayor Muchadeyi Masunda raised them during his tenure.
“We lack both the competent human resources and city fathers to implement the turnaround. The will is non-existent and when it is there, it has no link with the needs to be understood and done for the betterment of the city,” Manyenyeni said.
The mayor said there was lackadaisical attitude at Town House.
“In some respects, we behave as if things will just sort themselves out. No one is in any hurry to bite the bullet.
I wish I could,” Manyenyeni said.
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The Harare mayor was last month arrested and arraigned in courts on charges that ranged from the un-procedural hiring of town clerk, James Mushore, whose appointment had been rejected by Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere.
Mayors from the opposition party MDC-T have had a torrid time running Harare, as the government continuously interferes by giving directives to council.
Manyenyeni said it was important that the calibre of councillors be improved.
“The party (MDC-T) is already working on 2018 councillors as a way to get the best for the residents,” he said.
